Easter is finally with us and we have a four day bank holiday weekend Yippee! It’s a time when amongst all the chocolate there is usually some room left for other food and the recipes in this post are some of my favourites for the Easter weekend. Some are traditional, some aren’t. But there should be one or two that will appeal to you. Many can be made in advance and it can be nice to have some time to potter about in the kitchen preparing food to share with family and friends, particularly with the radio on.

Let’s hope for good weather despite the forecasts but we if not there is always the prospect of a lie in and another Easter Egg! Continue reading →

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Creamy potatoes and leeks topped with crunchy breadcrumbs and baked in the oven A fantastic accompaniment to chops or as a less rich alternative to pommes dauphinois

i can guess though what a lot of you are going to think as you cast your eye down the list of ingredients. Ugh! Anchovies! I’m not going to cook that or, if I do, I am going to leave those out! Fine, leave them out if you are vegetarian, but if you aren’t give it a go They add a lovely savoury Unami taste to the finished dish and melt into the sauce so well you won’t be able to indentify them as a specific taste or see them If you are vegetarian I’d add a couple of teaspoons of nutritional yeast flakes or a teaspoon of marigold vegetable bouillon powder instead of the anchovies.